Detachable two-slide automobile-curtaih



R. C. BEACH.

DETACHABLE TWO SUDE AUTOMOBILE CURTAIN.

APPUCNHON FILEi) JUNE l, 1911:,

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

2 swans-sun] R. C. BEACH.

DETACHABLE TWO SLIDE AUTOMOBL CURTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, I920.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT C- BEACH, OF SAN FRANCISCO. OALIFOBN IL DETAOHABLE TWO-SLIDE \UTOMOBILE-CUBTAIN.

L Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jun. 25, 1921.

Application tiled June 1. 1920. Serial No. 385.820.

To all H'Iltlllt if lllll l/ r'onrera lie it known that 1. Roman (F. BEACH, a. eitizen ot' the United States, residing at 455 Eighth avenue. in the eity and eouuty of San Franeiseo. State of California. have invented a new and useful lletaehnhle 'lwoh'lide .\utomohile-turtniu. of whit'l't the t'ollowing; is u speeitieation.

The present invention relates to improve to ments in slidine eurtains in open top antte mohiles and its ohjet-t is to provide for open top automobiles a window eurtain ttiltfiisllllg of tour set-tious'ot' whieh the rt ar seetlou is detaehahtv hut not sliduhly attaehed to a traek. detaehahly fastened to the top of the automobile. the trout set-t ion is detaehahly l'astened to the wind shield and the two eenter seetions slide hat-k and forth in the ahove mentioned tlaek 'lllt'll ean he separated into three parts eorrespomling in size to the lengths of the three rearward seetions ot the window enrtain. I

l attain these ohjeets hy the nieehanism illnst rated in the itt'l't)tlll)tlll \lll1' drawings. in whieh Figure t represents my window eurtain it) its plat-e on the automohile. looking at it trout the inside of the mat-lime. Fig. 2 represents an inside view of the win dow eurtain detarhed from the automobile. an with the inside eurtain tahrie removed. Fi s. 3ft. :3 and ti vertit'al seetions through the window eurtain alon; lines t-J'. l-i. I J. and (i- -t' ot' I ig. 2. and l ig'. T a horizontal set-lion through the trout part of my wiu dow eurtain along line T--? of Fig. 22.

l is the hotly ol' an u ttoinohile. looking at it trout the inside. with the seats re'moved. showing: the two doors 5 and it). 2 is my window enrtaiu. eonsistiug ot the seetions 4a 3.4. ttund 7, vomiting from th'e'rea'r to the trout. and H rep-resents the traek. euflsistiltg: oi the patts ll. l2 and 13. Part llolthe traek is 'ltown in erossseeti;ou in Fig. it and is 't't'irmet hy'turuing; the downwardly toeing extended ends of the. thingies H of the. ehaunets to inwardly. forming horizontal mem 'lrel's l7. and turning the innefends of these horizontal metnhers upward. forming vertieal anemhers the to: of whit-h provideno two rails, an inner rai In and an outer rail. 19, on whieh the two upward extensions 21 and 22 til the window 'et-ntain sert ions 4 and (5 having the shape of an inverted U. eun ride. and slide freely. 'lhe.U shaped ex- .55 tcnslon 2| of eurtam set'tion -t turns illwurdly and rides on the inuer'rail LH. and

the U shaped extension '22 of eurtain seetion ti turns outwardly and rides on outer rail it).

Part I! t)f tltt it'tttk is of the same eross- 6 seetion as )art 11 and. when in place, is in line with tie Same. roper alinement is seeured hy a shoe :23 shaped to tit around the tl'aek, its rear end soldered to the tron-t end of part it. its trout end adapted to re 6o eeit'ethe rear end of )art 12.

l llt iii of the tram-it has the eross-seetion of the outer halt of part 11 and its single rail alines with the outer rail it! of parts it and 12. proper a linement heing set-tired 7 hy shoe :24 of the same shape as shoe :23 and soldered to the rear end (if part l t ot' the traek.

h'eetion It of the window enrtain is huttoned to the outside of part it oi the traek on the inside 01' the automobile. Curtain seetion 4 is stitl'ened hy a metal frame 26,, eonsistiug ot a metal plate 27. taking up the larger part of the enrtain ahove the window 28 and having two downwardly extending arms :25 and 2h). one on either side of the. window 2h and reaehiug well helow the window} .\t their lower ends these arms 29' and lit) are enrved inwardly. that is toward thenuton'ohile. and are soldered to the ends 80 ot' a rod 3:! adapted to slide in an eyehole 33 at the end of a ltttlthtt 34 provided on the outside of the autotnohile. near the top ot' the hody and a small distant-e hehind the seeond door 5. Toward the top the metal plate 27 eurres inwardly. as shown at 36. then eontinues in a .vertieal direetion and runs out into the inverted U previously referred to. ()n. eithelside the metal plate 2? is eoveretl hv eurtain t'ahrie whieh over- 65 laps the metal sntlieiently everywhere to give the eurtain the desired shape and its t'uraiish a frame for 'the window 28 between the two arms 2!) and lit) of the metal plate.

Set-thin ti ot' the window eurtain is (fort strueted sul stantially in the same manner as set-tion 4. the ditl erent'e being that its U." shaped up'per extension 2Li-turns the ope. posite way from extension 21 of seetion 4wand that its rod it? slides in an e ehole iitlultlfi at the end of hrueket 39 provided on the outside of the automobile. near the top of l the hodyand a small distanee behind the. trout door It). The ey eholes 33 and 38 area provided. on the side next to the body of the i 1t) antoimihile. with an opening 40. through. whiehrods 32 and it? o-t'eurtain seetions 4.

and 6 can pass, the object being to enable the driver to s ring the rod 33 into the eye holes when tli e same are at or near the center of the curtain sections, but to prevent the rods from leaving the eycholes on a mere backward and forward motion of the curtain sections 4 and 6.

The track is fastened to the automobile by means of metal clips ll, 42 and 43, provided with eyes to fit over buttons fastened to the frame of the top of the automobile in suitable places. Clip 41 is soldered to the outside of art 1]. of the track at its rear end and exten s upward as well as downward, in ogder to prevent any vibrating of the trac clip 42 is soldered to shoe 23 and cli 43 to the front end of track 13.

'l 'he device works as frillowsz'l'lo attach it, button clips 41am] 42 on part 11 of the track to their respective places, slide the rear end of part 12 of the track into shoe 23, slide shoe 24 of part 13 of the track over the front end of part 12 and button clip 43 to its place. Button curtain section 3 to )fll't ll of the track; bring the rear end 0 the U shaped extension 21 of curtain section 4 in operative contact with the front end of rail 18 and slide the curtain section backward; when its center approaches bracket 34, spring rod 32 into the eychole 33. Curtain section 4 is now attached and may he slid backward and forward at the pleasure of the driver, being prevented from going too far either way by the curved lowcr cx tremities of the arms 29 and 34') of the metal frame running against the eycholc 33; next lift curtain section 6 on the rail 19 of part 13 of the track and slide it lmckward, springing its rod 37 into the cyeholc 38, when it will be in a position where the driver may slide it forward and backward at his pleasure, it being limited in its motions in the same manner as curtain section 4. If the driver wishes to run the automobile closed, these limited motions will enable him to clear the entrance immediately when using the door. If he wishes to drive the automobile open, he may push the two curtain sections clear back to the rear end, after having lifted rod 37 out of eyehi'zle 38, and if he wishes to close it again, it will take only an instant to slide them forward and to spring rod 37 into eychole 38. If he does not anticipate using the curtains at all, he can remove curtains and track in a very slrort time and stow them away in a very small place in the automobile.

The front section 7 of the curtain is constructed as follows: Its frame consists of a rather heavy vertical metal plate 46 near its rear cud, having two forwardly extending horizontal arms 47 and 48, with sufiicicnt space between thenpto allow room for window 51. The forward ends of these arms {7 and 48 are curvedjnwlrdly and slightly overla the wind shield. A clamp 49 is provided or each arm 47 and 48, by means of which these two arms can be securely fastened to the posts holding the wind shield or to the frame of the wind shield, if there are no posts. The heav plate 46 is laid flat'against the front cm of a thinner and wider plate 52, two bosses 55 of plate 52 fitting into corrcspondin Y recesses in plate 46. be outside curtain abric 53 is carried around the arms of date 46 and around plate 52, as shown in ig. 7, bent over the rear edge of plate 52 and clamped into a space between plate 52 and its bent over edge 54, while the inside curtain fabric 58 is laid against the inner surface of plate 46 and its arms and firmly pressed against plate 46 by a channel shaped shoe 56 held in place by two screws 57 extending through holes in the plate 46 and screwed into threaded recesses in the bosses of platc 52. The rear edge of plate 46 forms a shoulder against which bears the front edge of curtain scctimi G.

I claim:

In an open top automobile a side curtain in combination with a longitudinal track detachably fastened to members of the frame of the automobile top in suitable places, the track to have two inwardly and upwardly extending rails, one inner rail and one outer rail, and to consist of a rear part, a middle part and a front art, the three parts detachably joined and alined at their juncture by shoes fitting around the joints, the outer rail to extend through the three parts and the inner rail to extend through the rear and middle parts, the curtain to consist of a rear section, a rear middle section, a front middie section and a front section, the rear section detachably fastened to the inside outer surface of the rear art of the track, the front section detacha ilv fastened to awind shicld member, each of the middle sections to have a. metal frame-between two sheets of curtain fabric, the metal frame to consist of a metal plate extending through the top of the curtain section and two downwardly ex tending arms, the lower extremities of said arms to be curved to extend through the inside fabric and to lie rigidly joined to a horizontal rod extending from one arm to' the other, an upward extension of the metal.

plate of the rear middle section adapted to slide on the inner rail, an upward extension of the metal plate of the front middle section adapted to slide on the outer rail, each of the horizontal rods to slide in an eyehole attached to the outside of the body of the automobile and adapted to be sprung into and out of said eyehole by the operator, but to remain in said eyeh ole on a mere backward or forward motion of the curtain.

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